Business Rewards

Business Rewards
Equipment Eligible for business incentives under the Efficient Heating & Cooling Program.

Cash-Back Rewards listed on this page are available for selected high efficiency heating and cooling equipment installed in businesses only. The equipment must meet the high efficiency standards, must be installed in an existing building and must be installed prior to the application for the reward. Equipment must be installed beginning July 1, 2007 to be eligible (unless otherwise noted). Equipment installed in a new construction building should be entered on the New Construction Incentive Application.

Below is a complete listing of rewards available for business customers only. To determine whether you are eligible, click on the drop-down eligibility tool in the top menu bar or call 800.762.7077.

     Prequalified Equipment List 2007-2008
     HVAC Incentive Form (Projects initiated prior to 3/1/08.)
     HVAC Incentive Form (Projects initiated after 3/1/08.)
     Electric Chiller Incentive Application
     Service Buy Down Incentive Application

Natural Gas Boiler
< 175 MBh       Incentive Amount: $200
175-300 MBh     Incentive Amount: $250

This Cash-Back Reward is only available for pre-qualified models. A qualifying natural gas boiler must have the following attributes:

Have at least an efficiency rating of at least 90% AFUE
Modulate its firing rate
Be a sealed combustion unit
Primary use must be for space heating

It is not permissible for other equipment to be vented in the same flue as a sealed combustion boiler.

Contractors are required to implement or facilitate the following measures to qualify boiler installations for cash-back rewards:

Chimney liners must be installed where a high efficiency natural gas boiler replaces an atmospherically-drafted boiler that was vented through the same flue as a gas water heater.
Flue closure protocol must be followed where a high efficiency boiler is installed and the chimney is no longer in use (i.e. by a gas water heater). Flue closure protocol may be found in the Instructions section at the end of the guide.

NOTE: The enclosed HVAC Incentive Application for Businesses should only be used for the installation of equipment less than 300 MBh in size. If you are installing equipment that exceeds 300 MBh, please contact Focus on Energy for available custom rewards.

Boiler Reset/Cutout Controls
Incentive Amount: $75
Existing Building, Incentive Amount $1/1,000 BTu ($1/MBh)*

Boiler Outdoor Reset/Cutout Controls must:

Be installed on an existing natural gas boiler
Have an outdoor air temperature sensor in a shaded location on the north side of the building
Be set so that the minimum temperature is less than 10°F above the boiler manufacturer's recommended minimum return temperature (unless unusual circumstances require a higher setting).

For the installation of outdoor reset/cutoff controls on multiple boilers to be eligible, the control strategy must stage the lag boiler(s) only after the first boiler stage(s) fail to maintain the measured boiler water temperature called for by the reset control.

Gas Furnace
Infared Heater
Existing Building, Incentive Amount $1/1000 Btu ($1/MBh)*
New construction, Incentive Amount $1/1000 Btu ($1/MBh)*

Heaters must meet the following criteria to be eligible:

Be either directly vented outdoors with an insulated flue pipe or indirectly vented by positive air displacement according to manufacturer's specifications
Be electronic ignition.

Low intensity and high intensity heaters are eligible. Low intensity heaters must use outside non-conditioned combustion air.

Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV)
Incentive Amount: $1.25 per cfm

Ventilators must meet the following criteria to be eligible:

be listed in the ARI database (see www.aridirectory.org)
serve spaces that are both heated and air conditioned

Units replacing existing ERVs do not qualify.

Central A/Cs
Rooftop Air Conditioner
<65 MBh (less than 5.4 tons), EER 11.6 or Greater
65-239 MBh (5.4-11.25 tons), EER 11.5 or Greater
240-759 MBh (20-63.25 tons), EER 10.5 or Greater

Incentive Amount: $60/ton
Bonus Incentive Amount: $2/ton for each 0.1 EER over the designated EER

Unitary systems (Rooftop Units) must meet the nominal EER based on the size category. Incentives will be calculated per ton of cooling capacity rounded to the nearest ton. (One ton of capacity will equal 12MBh). Eligibility of unitary systems is based on information in the ARI database or other reliable sources.

Bonus Rooftop A/C Reward For each 0.1 EER over the size category's designated EER, an extra $2 will be paid per ton.

EXAMPLE - 10 ton unit with an 11.5 EER
Reward $60 x 10 (tons) = $600
Bonus $2 x 5 (each 0.1 EER over 11.0) = $10 per ton $10 (bonus) x 10 (tons) = $100
Total Reward $700 ($600 reward + $100 bonus)

Ground Source (Geothermal) Heat Pump units greater than 65 MBh that meet these cooling efficiency requirements also qualify.

NOTE: The HVAC Incentive Application for Businesses should only be used for the installation of equipment less than 300 MBh. If you are installing equipment that exceeds 300 MBh, please contact Focus on Energy for available custom rewards.

Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner
Incentive Amount: $50

A Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner (PTAC) must be a minimum of SEER 13 or EER 11.3 to qualify. Eligibility of PTAC systems is based on information in the ARI database or other reliable sources.

Window air conditioners are not eligible for this reward.

Packaged Terminal Heat Pump
Incentive Amount: $75

Equipment must be a minimum of SEER 13/EER 11.3 AND a COP of 3.2 to qualify.

Equipment must meet BOTH cooling and heating efficiencies to qualify. Eligibility of PTAC systems is based on information in the ARI database or other reliable sources.

Window air conditioners are not eligible for this reward.

Electric Chiller
Available using the Electric Chiller Incentive Application (retrofit installation) or the New Construction Incentive Application.
Incentive Amount: Varies (see Incentive Applications for details)

Air-Cooled and Water-Cooled Chillers are eligible for this incentive.

Eligibility of chiller units is based on the equipment's ARI rating. Incentives are calculated using both the Full Load kW/ton and the Part Load IPLV.

Submitted applications must include:

Manufacturer specification sheet, including full load efficiency values and IPLV values in kW/ton based on ARI test procedures
ARI ratings and performance (if the chiller is selected off of ARI ratings)
Additional building information, such as square footage of area to be serviced by the chiller and operating business hours

NOTE:

Backup and redundant systems are not eligible for incentives.
Motors and VSDs in package chiller units are not independently eligible for motor or VSD incentives.

Chiller Service Buy-Down
Available using the Service Buy-Down Incentive Application
<=500 Tons Incentive Amount: $2.00/ton*
>500 Tons Incentive Amount: $1.00/ton*

Tune-ups must include the following to qualify for an incentive:

Water-cooled chiller tune-ups must include tube cleaning for both the condenser and evaporator side.
Air-cooled chiller tune-ups must include tube cleaning for the evaporator and coil cleaning for the condenser.
Tune-ups may also include checking and setting system pressures and other routine maintenance.
Incentive cannot exceed 50% of the tune-up cost or $1500.

Natural Gas Heating Equipment Service Buy-Down
Available using the Service Buy-Down Incentive Application
Incentive Amount: $100/burner*

Incentives are only available for natural gas boilers, unit heaters, make-up air units and rooftop units.

Burners must have a minimum output of 120,000 BTU/hr to be eligible for service.

Tune-ups must include the following to qualify for an incentive:

Vendor must provide "before" and "after" efficiency tests and record the results on the Service Buy-Down Incentive Application.
Vendor must adjust the burner to improve combustion efficiency.

Residential burners are not eligible for this incentive.
A burner for a boiler that is dual fuel is considered 1 burner.
A single unit with multiple burners is considered 1 burner.

*Incentive cannot exceed 50% of the tune-up cost.

Steam Trap Service Buy-Down
Available using the Service Buy-Down Incentive Application
Reward Amount: $50 per trap*

Vendor must locate and mark all leaking steam traps with an ID tag and record the location of the leaking trap on the leak survey log sheet.
When the leaking trap is replaced, the person performing the repair must mark the item on the leak survey log as repaired.

The Steam Trap Reward is only available for the replacement of steam traps that are leaking steam (failed open). It is not available for traps that are plugged.
In general, failed or leaky traps are determined by one of three methods:

Sight Method. This method is possible if there is no condensate recovery system or if test valves have been installed downstream. The person performing the test must be able to determine between "live" or process steam and flash steam. Live steam downstream of a trap is a sign that it has failed open.
Sound Method. Steam and condensate flow through steam traps generate sonic and supersonic sounds. Proper listening equipment and a trained operator can determine if a particular trap has failed.
Temperature Method. This is the least reliable, but easiest, method to perform. In general, if the temperature immediately downstream of the trap is significantly cooler than the saturation temperature, the trap is probably working normally. If the trap itself is colder than the saturation temperature, it is probably flooded with condensate and therefore failed closed. If the temperature on both sides of the trap is constant, the trap is probably leaking steam and has failed open. It is common for a facility to contract to have all steam traps replaced at one time. In this situation, there are 3 types of replaced traps that are working normally, traps that have failed closed, and traps that have failed open. Of these three types, only traps that have failed open and leaking steam are eligible for a Service Buy-Down Grant. Focus on Energy has developed guidelines for estimating the energy savings for systems where all traps are being replaced at once. These guidelines are to be used only in the situation where all traps have been replaced rather than a survey being performed to identify leaking traps.

Assume that all float and thermostatic (F&T) valves fail fully closed.
Assume that all other traps fail fully open.
Assume that 15% of the traps have failed for each year since the last steam trap service.

* Incentive cannot exceed 50% of the service cost